Wisconsin Sports Coalition
SMART Start Resources
(v5 Update 6/12/20 6:00pm)
Wisconsin SMART Start: A strategic plan delivered to Governor Tony Evers
The Wisconsin Sports Coalition is an alliance of sports and fitness businesses, owners, venue operators, directors, coaches, health associations, and medical personnel created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is an acknowledgement that these entities should no longer be considered non-essential and that the "shut down order" is continuing to negatively impact the sports and fitness industry, teams, and families.
The Wisconsin Sports Coalition supports the safe reopening of recreational facilities, and the activation of youth through professional competition across Wisconsin today, when Wisconsin SMART Start guidelines are implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. These guidelines are based on current data and scientific findings from the Centers for Disease Control, and other reputable science agencies.
Sports and fitness personnel everywhere can use the WI SMART Start plan to promote trust and confidence in our communities. Please answer the questions in the "Join the Movement" survey to the best of your ability, to show your support of the WSC and the WI SMART Start plan as a means to open up sports and fitness activities in the state of Wisconsin today.
Updates for the Wisconsin Sports Coalition can be found below. This is a platform to have your voice heard. Let's move forward together!
Respectfully,
Lisa Van Wyk, WSC, Blaze, and thousands of other responsible business owners, directors, coaches, and health associations across the state of Wisconsin.
We need your signatures to provide a stronger voice to our state representatives and governor.
Please take a few minutes to acknowledge your support of the WI SMART Start plan today by clicking on "Join the Movement."
Share with your local and county representatives, to help them see your ability to safely run sports and fitness activities in your community.
For further information, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at team@blaze365.com
A Federal Movement you can follow is Play Sports Coalition and CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE via this form and let them know that you’re fighting to keep your industry alive.
SC Argument: WI Legislature v Palm (5/5)
Letter to Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt (5/11)
Letter to Senator Roger Roth (5/12)
SC Decision: WI Legislature v Palm (5/13)
Palm Statement of Scope (5/14)
Evers Approval of Scope (5/14)
Letter to Superintendents from DPI (5/20)
Rep. Thiesfeldt to Gov. Evers (5/19)
Office of Gov Evers Response (5/21)
LRB Youth Sports (5/21)
Amendment to PPP (6/4/20)
Governor Evers Mask Mandate (7/30/20 @ 12:45pm)
Goals:
- Make sure both high school and youth teams are served this summer
- Create special Recruit Wisconsin Series to be produced and recorded
- Support Private Venues who run tournaments
- Be flexible - create 1 and 2 day options
- Enact and share safety guidelines
Tourney Committee
Mary Nellen, 1on1 Milwaukee
Kara Noll, Team Wisconsin
Todd Bierowski, Legends
Lisa Van Wyk, Wisconsin Blaze
US Chamber State by State Reopening Map
CDC Guidance for Businesses and Employers
Restrictions by County (NPR)
COVID-19 Testing: Next Steps & Results
Interpreting COVID-19 Test Results
DHS Close Contact Definition & Response
Discontinuation of Isolation per CDC
USAV Return to Play Guidelines (5/15)
AAU Junior National Volleyball Champs (5/19)
NCAA Resumes June 1 (NPR) (5/21)
Conference Start Dates (ESPN) (5/22)
NCAA Extends Dead Period to July 31 (5/27)
NAIA announcement coming June 1 (5/27)
NJCAA waiting for update (5/27)
Nike cancels EYBL 2020 season (5/31)
2020 WI BBall COVID-19 Study (10/12)
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MEETING & NEWS UPDATES
NCAA ECAG (Enforcement Certification and Approvals Group) UPDATES
Start Time: Mar 17, 2021 09:57 AM
GUEST PRESENTER
Courtney Moore
NCAA, Associate Director of Enforcement - Basketball Certification
cmoore@ncaa.org
ecag@ncaa.org
317-917-6178
Objective:
Courtney spoke to our Basketball Directors on NCAA Changes as well as opportunities on helping your organization get your athletes, coaches, and staff properly certified by USA Basketball and into the BBCS (Basketball Certification System) appropriately.
- PSA's (Prospective Student Athlete)who need to register in the BBCS system are Boys 7th grade and Girls 9th grade and older.
- The NCAA recruiting dead period has been extended through May 31st. Coaches will not need to be Gold Certified to attend the spring events however, the event operators may still warrant the need for you to go into the BBCS and create your benches.
- NCAA will announce by mid April what the rest of summer will look like for recruiting dates.
- To offset costs of new program initiatives, all adult users will be charged an annual nonrefundable fee of $30 for operators/coaches and $10 for primary business users when creating or renewing their Basketball Certification System (BBCS) user account. Use this link to log into review the new Single-Sign On process.
- The cost for coach Gold License Certification ($68) will not go up until May 31st.
- NCAA has provided two services to help you and your parents/athletes through
- BBall Athlete Certification Education (Virtual Presentation with anyone)
- Dates:
- BBall Athlete Certification Education (Virtual Presentation with anyone)
Monday, April 12, 2021: EASTERN TIME ZONE Athlete Education
Tuesday, April 13, 2021: CENTRAL TIME ZONE Athlete Education
Wednesday, April 14, 2021: MOUNTAIN TIME ZONE Athlete Education
Thursday, April 15, 2021: PACIFIC TIME ZONE Athlete Education
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- PERSONAL NCAA BBCS Group Presentation (Virtual Presentation with just your teams)
COACHES USAB/NCAA Basketball Membership Steps (NCAA exposure tourney Coaches only)
If you are a coach who will be attending NCAA sanctioned events you MUST:
- Create/Renew USAB Gold Coach License
- Review background information for the USAB Gold Coach License
- Get USAB Gold Licensed Certified https://community.usab.com/
- Create/Renew your NCAA BBCS Account
- Update your BBCS Account https://web3.ncaa.org/bbcs/login
- To offset costs of new program initiatives, all adult users will be charged an annual nonrefundable fee of $30 for operators/coaches and $10 for primary business users when creating or renewing their Basketball Certification System (BBCS) user account. Use this link to log into review the new Single-Sign On process.
- Review the ECAG help desk for troubleshooting
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- Enforcement Certification and Approvals Group Knowledgebase
- For Issues go to the Contact Page
- Review D1 Exposure Event Requirements for all Participants
- Understand the Process
AGENDA
VIDEO OF MEETING
NOTES
We are moving our meetings to every other month right now for 45 minutes long. The next meeting will be on the 3rd Wed in November at 10am.
COVID-19 Updates
Please take the anonymous survey if you have not yet so we can get more data from ALL the clubs.
https://forms.gle/J1C5a87qJuiQsfix9
From the data we collected, right now out of 1,025 Wisconsin athletes there were only 16 positive athlete cases, 11 positive coach cases, and 0 were hospitalized. The number of positive covid cases equated to .0156% and the effects of the 27 cases were all mild. From no more than a scratchy throat to mild fever, loss of taste and smell, and exhaustion. 100% of all positive cases recovered.
Fall Basketball Season
1. Tournaments
There are tourneys available through October/Early November for AAU teams to participate. You may have to travel outside of the state on some weekends but they are available in the Midwest.
2. Leagues
1on1 Milwaukee is running a tournament on Sunday in Waukesha for Girls that have drawn in D2 and D3 coaches.
Blizzard is running leagues in Appleton for youth boys on Tuesdays, youth girls on Thursdays, and High School girls on Sundays.
Prep Hoops is running leagues on Wednesday evenings for High School girls in Appleton.
3. Prep Hoops is hosting a Top 250 Expo in Appleton on Oct 4
4. PGC is hosting a Premier Shooting College Camp in Appleton on October 10-11. It is FREE for coaches to Observe and Learn.
5. JustAGame is running tournaments through the year. There are AAU teams allowed through October. Right now starting in November their web pages show only school teams allowed, but we are waiting to see if that will change if schools and school club programs cancel their seasons.
Club Updates
Clubs are providing either skills camps, trainings, or tournaments throughout the fall season because of the demand.
We are waiting to see what the movement will be for winter to make decisions on whether we will host opportunities in November and December.
NO VIDEO OF MEETING
NOTES
Please take the COVID Summer Summer Result Survey so we can use to share as an industry (confidentiality for clubs names) to our community.
COVID-19 SUMMER SURVEY
Dear Basketball Directors, please answer the questions in this survey so we can take an evaluation of the impact of COVID-19 on the club basketball athletes and coaches this summer from May 26th until August 30th, 2020. We are asking for your club name to know who we get responses from, but the information you provide will be anonymous to the public with any data we use. Club names will be converted to Club #1, Club #2, Club #3, etc. We will be publicizing our collective data as a state to share the positive outcomes for the season. We will be sharing a summary of the data with you and providing you with a graphic that you can reuse, and making the data available to the WIAA, UW Madison, AAU, School Districts and government officials looking for feedback. Your responses will only help the state obtain clear reliable data. All club names will be protected. Please respond by Friday, September 4th at 12:00pm. Thank you for your cooperation. Lisa Van Wyk, Blaze
We reviewed the following:
1. Going to look into Deescalation Training for Coaches and Staff
2. Work with AAU to have a fall meeting and connect in regards to a fall statewide tournament
3. There are some leagues being posted from Prep Hoops (Sundays) and Blizzard (Tuesday/Thursdays) that individual athletes register for at the Champion Center
4. Personal communication amongst the coaches present regarding how their tryouts went etc.
5. Clubs are open to having scrimmages or games during the fall for clubs having a fall / winter season
6. We will be moving the bi-weekly meetings to once per month from now on
TAKE AWAYS:
1. Recruit Wisconsin was successful and will be providing it again next year for state and others
2. Let's review training for event staff and coaches to learn how to diffuse volatile situations and keep everyone safe
3. Employing procedures like emergency number on score tables for quick access to event staff is a an easy task to roll-out and can come in handy
4. Statewide Tournament that meets all the best criteria and benefits of all clubs would be the next best tourney idea - will connect with AAU, Scott Witt, etc to start planning
5. Lisa requested legal assistance from WILL because of the financial hardship since March and the mask mandate / response placed on the Hardwood Hustle event as well as inquired about a class action lawsuit for the sports industry
6. We will be creating anonymous form for Directors to respond with how covid impacted their club to gather real and relative data and create graphic showing final results
7. Discussion on following the governor's mask mandate was respectful and opinions vary greatly because the science varies as well
8. Some clubs are choosing to practice and compete with masks on while others are not
9. There are school coaches making athletes wear masks and there is concern that kids who have experienced physical illness because of it won't advocate for themselves because they are not in a position of power to do so or don't have the confidence to stand up and say something or don't want to be ostracized for being the only one
10. Clubs are ready to create teams for next season and provide fall winter league and tournaments if schools do not provide athletics to athletes during the school year
AGENDA
1) Review of Past Tournaments
- Recruit Wisconsin Update
- Safety at Tournaments
- Evers Mask Mandate, Issues, and Adjustments by Facilities
- CDC View
- Request for Legal Assistance from WILL - WI Institute for Law & Liberty on behalf of Wisconsin Sports Coalition etc.
2) Summer Impact: Please update Director's Spreadsheet with COVID data for State Graphic Design [we will be creating an anonymous form instead so don't fill this out]
3) Fall / Winter Ideas
- North East WI School COVID-19 Response Plans (see below)
- College Shutdowns
- High School Sports
- Fall/Winter Leagues
- Tournaments
- Others
Notes:
We are in an interesting transition as we follow the responses from Collegiate and High School conferences brought on by various opinions to the Coronavirus topic.
Every school district has its say in whether or not they will hold full In-Person classes, Hybrid (In-Person and Virtual), or Fully virtual, a mix of all three or a potential to transition amongst all three All have been chosen as a model by districts already. Here are a handful. (Please note: this was a quick review of all school literature and some may vary or change by the first day of school).
Appleton Area Schools - Hybrid Model (Face to Face and Virtual Split)
Freedom Area Schools - Fully In-Person or Virtual Option
Green Bay Area Schools - Starting Off-Site
Hortonville Area Schools - Fully In-Person or Virtual Option
Kimberly Area Schools - Fully In-Person or Virtual Option
Kaukauna Area Schools - Hybrid Model or a Virtual Option
Neenah High School - All Models (In-Person/Real Time/Virtual) Green, Yellow, Red, may change throughout the year
Neenah Survey Results (very interesting)
Oshkosh Area Schools - Hybrid Model (Face to Face and Virtual Split)
West De Pere - All Models (At Home / Blended / Computer) A,B,C Green, Yellow, Red may change throughout the year
In all situations, WIAA is leaving it up to school districts to make their own decisions and have at this point pushed the start of fall sports back.
Making decisions to provide options for athletes to keep them active, healthy, developing, and competing IS ESSENTIAL to their overall well-being.
Review of Past Tournaments:
Wisconsin Impact Cheesehead Classic June 26-28
Upcoming Tournaments:
Sports Enhancement Academy
Wisconsin Extreme Summer Challenge July 11-12
WI Sports Coalition Recruit Wisconsin July 20-22
Wisconsin Rap Summer Mayhem Aug 15-16
COVID-19 positive cases and policies
WI Impact / Center Court - First Weekend June 13-14 Results
Upcoming Tournaments
- JAG, SEA, Center Court, CFCC - Back to Tourney Season
- Prep Hoops, NY2LA
- WI Impact - June 26-28
- Wayne Featherston - July 11,12
Girls Recruit Wisconsin - July 20, 21-22
- Registration is Live
- Two Game Formats
- Pricing
- Community First Champion Center
- WIAA Certified Refs
- Sports Recruits
- Live Streaming
- Hudl Recording
- Live Announcing
- WAIVERS
- TEMPERATURE LIMITS
- WI IMPACT TOURNAMENT RISK MITIGATION
- COVID-19 RESPONSE STRATEGY
NOTES
Options for Refunds and Pushing Fees to Following Season
- Providing refunds for a few people is different than if 30 plus people ask for it; cost goes up
- You can tell by emails and conversation that reason to back out may not be because of COVID-19 but because they want to change programs
- Because we don't know when the end of the season is letting families know that we are holding off providing refund checks is legitimate
Adding in Your Information to the Directors Spreadsheet
- Contact Information
- Tournament Details (Yes it's On, Pending, Cancelled)
- Tourney Risk Mitigation
Scott Witt, Wisconsin Impact, Two Tournament Dates, June 13-14 and June 26-28
Recruit Wisconsin Updates, July 20-22
Lisa, Kara, Mary, and Todd (he's coming on board)
INTRODUCTION (2 min)
- Welcome - Review of agenda
- Lack of practice space - DPI
- Club Updates
- Refunds
- NCAA announcement
- Tourney Schedule for the summer
- WI SMART Start page where you can find Resources from previous meetings and tools
- Meeting on May 20th was cut off to protect the Directors private businesses
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE - DHS
Representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt, R - Assembly District, 52, Fond du Lac
DHS will not change their minds and not open schools for the public in June.
Jeremy is getting contact from a lot of school districts worried about budget cuts, and what is going to happen next school year. They don’t know what measures to implement.
CLUB UPDATES
2020 WI BBALL DIRECTOR UPDATES
Update on Summer Tournaments - What’s On, What’s Cancelled, What’s New?
COVID-19 FEE RESPONSE PLAN
Program Fee to other Services (Camps, Skills, Clinics, etc.)
Apply program fee to next season with guaranteed spot on team
Donate any unused portion of my program fee to 501(c)3, as a charitable contribution
Consider your costs to Administer the season to provide a realistic picture to your families on what it takes to manage and launch your program for them and their athletes.
| Cost of Administering |
| Uniforms - Verifying, calling, double checking, ordering, separating, checking again |
| Tournaments - Researching, registering, (now waiting for refunds) |
| Practices - Putting schedules together, rearranging, entering in system |
| Registering - Answer questions, verify everyone is registered in multiple systems |
| Payments - Answer questions, apply payments, follow up with families who haven't paid |
| Fundraiser/Buyout - Communicating, follow up with families, tracking |
FUNDRAISER OPTION
Cheryl Mohr, HLC shared more on Huterra.
Huterra is a unique and great alternative to fundraising that gets families away from having to sell items.
Bethany Fuson
bethany.fuson@huterra.com
920.664.2253
NCAA UPDATES
D1 and D2 coaches will be in a recruiting dead period through July 31st.
D3 coaches don’t need to adhere, but with all the program cuts and furloughs, don’t expect to see college coaches at tournaments
VENUE OPERATORS / SUMMER SCHEDULE
Scott Witt - Wisconsin Impact witt@wisconsinimpact.com is providing tournament options in June that will be flexible. Please reach out to him to let him know of your availability for June 12-14 and June 26-28 if you are looking to compete on any of those dates.
We decided we need to make sure that teams are cared for in the state of Wisconsin if they decide not to travel.
Mary Nellen and Lisa Van Wyk, started brainstorming plans for a Recruit Wisconsin tournament series where we Live Stream and Record games (YouTube and Hudl). In addition we could provide a special court that all athletes / teams compete on with a real production crew announcing the game.
All clubs and athletes would need to promote it like crazy so coaches will watch.
Lisa has a relationship with Sports Recruits, and they were planning on providing the platform free for our athletes that attended our Live Events this summer. I will go and ask them if they would do this as well for this Recruit Wisconsin idea too.
In addition, we will explore how we can make this a fundraiser for our sports industry.
If you want to be a part of that tournament committee to get it established and up and running, please send Lisa an email or text. lisa@blaze365.com 920-450-1004
NEXT ACTION STEPS
- Come up with your season COVID-19 options in regards to program/team fees
- If you want to volunteer for the tournament committee, please contact Lisa
- Next meeting agenda, date, and time posted to the web page/invite
Hello Directors,
AGENDA
INTRODUCTION (2 min)
- Welcome - Review of agenda
- Lack of practice space - DPI
- Insurance
- Club Updates
- Tourney Schedule for the summer
- WI SMART Start page where you can find Resources from previous meetings and tools
- Meeting on May 20th was cut off to protect the Directors private businesses
NCAA UPDATES (1 min)
AAU UPDATE (2 min)
AAU Insurance action plan
- COVID-19 waiver is being reviewed
- Keith Noll is working on a comprehensive plan for all Wisconsin Basketball Directors
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE (15 min)
Representative Present
Jeremy Thiesfeldt, R - Assembly District, 52, Fond du Lac
Action Plan:
- Gather pertinent documents
- WI SMART Start
- Letter to Superintendents from DPI
- Thiesfeldt and Roth letter to Governor
- Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB) Youth Sports Letter
- Addendum letter addressed in response to Gov Evers 5/21 email (to be created by 5/29/20)
- 1-2 page Business Plan referencing use of WI SMART Start and your specific business adjustments
- 1 page cover letter explaining your situation and addressing your use of your complete safety plan and the legislative representatives backing your plan
- Bring documents to local municipality and show them your plan
- If they don’t have any restrictions, ask them for letter referencing their position
- If they have restrictions, ask them for guidance and letter on specific expectations, and ways you can proceed
- Bring documents to school district
CLUB UPDATES (5-10 min)
VENUE OPERATORS / SUMMER SCHEDULE (30 min)
Update on Summer Tournaments - What’s On, What’s Cancelled, What’s New?
2020 Wisconsin Basketball Tournaments
Please update this document or add in your website link that show updates to your tourneys
NEXT ACTION STEPS
- Gather pertinent documents and bring to county and school districts and ask for them to allow you to use their schools - with your safety plan and the government’s backing
- Work with Tournament Directors to share your intent on
- Next meeting agenda, date, and time posted to the web page/invite
From Representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt, Assembly District 52, Fond du Lac
Greetings everyone,
PRE-MEETING
The Purpose of this meeting is to provide the following to you personally and professionally:
- Support
- Strategies
- Sustainability
Session Expectations
- Please Update your display name to show personal and club name
- Keep your audio muted unless you are ready to speak
- Today please feel more free to ask questions and give feedback during each session
- By participating in this session you agree to its recording
AGENDA
INTRODUCTION (2 min)
- Welcome - Review of agenda
- Website where you can find Resources from previous meetings and tools
https://blaze365.com/wismartstart/
BUSINESS MESSAGE (2 min)
- Example Google Form Survey
- Issues facing our industry today
- NCAA update
- Lack of practice space - DPI
- Insurance
- Discrepancy between clubs
- Can we have a season; is anyone having trouble moving forward?
AAU UPDATE (10 min)
Keith Noll - AAU update and Insurance situation
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE (15 min)
Along with Senator Roger Roth's Office
Jeremy Thiesfeldt, R - Assembly District, 52, Fond du Lac
VENUE OPERATORS / SUMMER SCHEDULE (30 min)
- Adam Ligocki, Community First Champion Center, Grand Chute
- The Barn, Menasha
- Brian / Dustin Staffeldt, Center Court
- Matt Slaby, Sports Enhancement Academy, Stoughton and Verona
- Kyler Royston, Just a Game, Wisconsin Dells
- High School Facility Update
- Challenges/Leaderboards
- Green Bay Metro on board for leaderboard challenge
- Leagues
RESOURCES
- Use the WI Sports & Fitness Coalition page to get up to date resources and information
- Action steps
- Review the WI SMART Start Plan
- Join the Movement Survey - please fill it out
- Share this page and information with as many sports and fitness owners/directors/managers as possible
- Volunteer to help if you can and see an opportunity for this movement
- Next meeting agenda, date, and time posted to the web page/invite
NOTES
35 businesses were in attendance
PRE-MEETING
The Purpose of this meeting is to provide the following to you personally and professionally:
- Support
- Strategies
- Sustainability
Session Expectations
- Please Update your display name to show personal and club name
- Keep your audio muted unless you are ready to speak
- Today please feel more free to ask questions and give feedback during each session
- By participating in this session you agree to its recording
AGENDA
INTRODUCTION (5 min)
- Welcome - Review of agenda (2 min)
- Website where you can find Resources from previous meetings and tools
https://blaze365.com/wismartstart/
BUSINESS MESSAGE (5 min)
Rob Pierson Coaching, Colorado, Business Coach
Leadership during the pandemic
- Communicate Frequently - Be Honest
- Build Relationships
- Form Partnerships
- Adopt Technology
- Monitor your Input - dramatic effect of negative news and input on one’s outlook
NCAA UPDATE (5 min)
FROM THE NCAA (5/12/20):
Considering the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the boards of directors for the National Association of Basketball Coaches and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association have recommended an extension of the current recruiting dead period through July 31. The NABC/WBCA recommendation can be found here.
(Dead Period is defined as no face to face contact)
The current temporary period extends through May 31, and the Division I Council later this month will review the recommendation from the NABC and WBCA and consider possible further adjustments to the recruiting calendar.
Additionally, both sessions of the NCAA College Basketball Academy scheduled July 20-26 have been canceled.
Once NCAA staff receives guidance on potential recruiting calendar changes, we will update you accordingly.
NCAA Enforcement Certification and Approvals Group (ECAG)
1-844-562-6201 (toll free) | ncaa.org/ECAG
P.O. Box 6222, Indianapolis, IN 46206-6222
ECAG Contact Form | ECAG FAQ
Lisa Van Wyk stated that she expects that the above recommendation will go through and college coaches will not be able to attend tournaments through July. Therefore, live streaming will be important at tournaments.
In addition, encourage older athletes to
- Ask High School coaches for full access too Hudl and Hudl Assist stats and game film so they can share with coaches
- Participate in some sort of online recruiting program such as FieldLevel and/or Sports Recruits
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE (10 min)
May 5th, 2020 - Wisconsin Eye
WI Supreme Court Oral Arguments: WI Legislature v Andrea Palm
Representative Present:
Jeremy Thiesfeldt, R - Assembly District, 52, Fond du Lac
May 13, 2020 1:45pm, Lisa’s Phone Call Review w/Michael Donatello
Office of Senator Roger Roth’s Responses to:
- WI SMART Start Plan
- May 5th Oral Arguments
- Wisconsin Economic Development Program, WEDC
Gov. Tony Evers' state of emergency expired midnight on May 11th. Can be extended or revoked through WI Stat 353.
Safer at Home does not expire until May 26th. Secretary of the Department of Health Services (DHS), Andrea Palm is basing her extension of the Safer at Home (SAH) order on the language found in WI Stat 252.02.
Legislature is arguing that the order is a rule (WI Stat 252.02) that was promulgated by an agency, but the agency couldn’t act on it’s own. The DHS agency had to get the power from the legislature and a committee. Arguing you have to go through the rulemaking process.
Promulgated - means to put (a law or decree) into effect by official proclamation.
Palm is arguing she is basing her extension on the state statute that gives her the right to enact that rule and extend the shut down until May 26th.
Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules (JCRAR)
If the supreme court says yes, DHS has the rights to act independently of the legislature, the SAH continues and her/DHS power can continue as she has done. The SAH can be extended as she sees fit.
If the Supreme Court says no, there are two options:
- The order is invalid and we can go back (to the future) to March 10 and live life as normal
- Palm and the DHS did not have authority to extend the SAH order but can give DHS 6 days to promulgate the rule - do it right this time along with the legislature and do it with orders/rules/actions that they can agree on
The WI Supreme Court wasn’t receptive to the arguments as laid out by the governor and wasn’t enthusiastic of his interpretation of the law.
The Supreme Court is taking time to respond with a ruling because (speculation by Donatello)
- Majority of the court may want to overturn the SAH order but are split on how to move forward
- There is a separate court case asked to be taken up by Wisconsin residents challenging the entire stay at home order in Fabick v Palm
In regards to the SAH being Law and Enforcement of that Law:
- Yes, the SAH is Law as it stands today.
- All regulations are enforceable by local law officials and the District Attorney
- It is the complete discretion of local municipalities (State Troopers and the District Attorney) on if, when, and how they will enforce the law
WI SMART Start (20 min) - Version Updates on https://blaze365.com/wismartstart/
- History of the the plan - May 8th Meeting with Tucker Neale and Jeremy Thiesfeldt
- Purpose of the plan - guidance and trust and confidence in reopening
- Making of the plan - Compilation of various resources
- Contents of the plan - Comprehensive, Flexible, Customizable, Strategic
- This plan can bring trust and confidence in reopening because it meets the needs of the community and the demands of the policies
- Legislative timeline
- Action steps
- Review Plan
- Support the Plan
- Initiate the Plan
- Communicate the Plan
- Build relationship with local municipality
SUMMER SCHEDULE (30 min)
Determine summer schedule with the limited resources our state has (inside hardcourt sports focus):
Venue Operators Present:
- Adam Ligocki, Community First Champion Center, Grand Chute
- Adam is working with municipality to determine how many courts they can provide and when
- Reach out to Adam if you are looking for space to run trainings or practice
- Rich Kuranda, Wisconsin Blizzard, Representing The Barn, Menasha
- Two volleyball clubs own and manage The Barn and they said that they are following USAV Badger Region Volleyball rules and regulations to determine what they can do in their facility and when
- Rich will be hosting his tournaments and have dates July through August
- Rich also stated that Prep Hoops moved their tourneys to July and August
- Brian / Dustin Staffeldt, Center Court
- The Staffeldt family is working on a best practice to meet the demands of the ever changing situation and figuring out how they can adjust the flow of traffic through their building
- They are also talking about redoing the courts
- Matt Slaby, Sports Enhancement Academy, Stoughton and Verona
- SEA is getting emails from Chicago teams already asking if they can use their venue for practices when the time permits, but Matt will prioritize WI clubs first so if you are looking for space make sure to reach out to Matt sooner than later
- Matt will also be navigating this time to create adjustments needed for the different phases his venues will need to adjust to
- Kyler Royston, Just a Game, Wisconsin Dells
- Unfortunately we ran over time and Kyler couldn’t stay/wait, but posted this message in Chat: “At JAG we will be releasing an updated schedule with events running into the fall. We will be open and start running small events and training in June/Phase I and be ready to run tournaments when possible. We’ll certainly have plenty of court space available… Reach out if we can be of help to anyone. kyler@justagamefieldhouse.com
- Phases/Timeline
- Scott Witt from Wisconsin Impact pointed out that the SMART Start plan right now shows small sided games 1v1 and 2v2 in Phase 1 and if the social distancing is in place, athletes would need a special exemption that would allow contact.
- Kyler pointed out that Lisa is going to expand the plan to section responsibilities off in phases to make sure it aligns better with the Badger Bounce Back Plan
- Kyler also pointed out that bleachers don’t have to be totally removed but can be marked off with 6’ social distancing measures as well.
- High School Facility Update
- Earlier communication in the meeting encouraged to reach out to the private schools - they have more flexibility on opening up this summer
- Don’t rule out the public school systems for practice / tournament space as they all may be different
- Reach out to Venue Directors to figure out their schedule availabilities
- Challenges/Leaderboards
- Directors didn’t seem very interested or receptive to doing any type of state wide challenges for June between clubs
- Leagues - determined by the safer at home order phase we are in; may not be able to have contact until July
- One and Two Day format tournaments are available July through August in WI
RESOURCES
- Use the WI Sports & Fitness Coalition page to get up to date resources and information
- Action steps
- Review the WI SMART Start Plan
- Join the Movement Survey - please fill it out
- Share this page and information with as many sports and fitness owners/directors/managers as possible
- Volunteer to help if you can and see an opportunity for this movement
- Next meeting agenda, date, and time posted to the web page/invite
- Wisconsin Venue Operators
- Wisconsin Directors Meeting
- WI SMART Start Plan Focused Zoom Meeting
- Go to the following page https://blaze365.com/
wismartstart/ . - Please review the concept and reason behind the Wisconsin Sports & Fitness Coalition as described there.
- Read the letter to Jeremy Thiesfeldt
- Read the WI SMART Start document
- Fill out the google form survey to provide your needed feedback and let us know if you support the plan
- Share the WI SMART Start plan with your local reps and other sports contacts
- Join in the WI Sports Directors meeting on Wednesday at 10:00am
- Review the WI SMART Start plan and answer questions
- Open Date
- Phase 1
- Phase 2
- Determine how to schedule competition this summer with the limited resources our state has (inside hardcourt sports focus):
- Which venue operators will be open
- Schedule availabilities during the week
- Leagues
- One day format
- Two day format
- Timeline
Summer Sports Survey (Google Form) that you can copy and adjust to your business needs.
- Click on the link below
- Click on the three dots (ellipse) in the top right of survey
- Select make a copy
- Save that copy in your personal drive
- Customize the survey to fit your business needs
- Share with your clients/families
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1sYCJhdtG7dR8A5ZRb5dtYla30pmRR6SUncyCJQIwipM/edit?usp=sharing
Attendees: 35 WI Sports Directors; Courtney Moore, NCAA Compliance; Jeremy Thiesfeldt, R-Fond du Lac, 5 Large Venue Operators
AGENDA
INTRODUCTION (5-8 min)
- Purpose of meeting is to provide the following to you personally and professionally:
- Support
- Strategies
- Sustainability
- Session Expectations:
- Please Update your display name to show personal and club name
- Keep your audio muted unless you are ready to speak
- Hold Questions towards end of each session topic/speaker
- Recording
- Introductions
- Directors
- Rob Pierson
STATE OF OUR COMPANIES (5 min)
- Anonymous Poll
- Blaze Survey Results
NCAA UPDATE (15 min)
- Courtney Moore, NCAA, Associate Director of Enforcement
WISCONSIN LEGISLATION (20 min)
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt, R - Assembly District, 52, Fond du Lac
- Jeremy’s Letter to Governor
- May 5th Oral Arguments
TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS (20 min)
- Feedback from following Directors on action plans taken and outlook
- Community First Champion Center
- The Barn
- JustAGame
- Sports Enhancement Academy
- USJN
- OhioBasketball
- Prep Hoops
SUMMER PARTNERSHIPS (10 min)
- Summer Partnerships (facility owners / training / leagues)
- Venues
- Community First Champion Center, Grand Chute (4-8 courts)
- The Barn, Menasha (3 courts)
- Just a Game, Dells (4-6 courts)
- Sports Enhancement Academy, Stoughton (4 courts)
- Sports Enhancement Academy, Verona (4 courts)
- The Center Court (4 courts)
- Rec Plex (6 courts)
RESOURCES (5 min)
Aspen Project - Project Play
- Play Sports Coalition
- Project Play Resources
- Calls for Coaches / Virtual Tips
- What kids need now without sports
National Council of Youth Sports
Q&A
FUTURE MEETINGS
- Partnerships
- Options other than refunds
- Support for families / athletes (comprehensive training)
- Email Link to sign up for future meetings
RESOURCES UPDATING 5/12/20
5/9/2020 Strategic Steps
- Update Notes from May 6th and May 8th
- Create WI Smart Start that address safety in sports:
- Cover Letter
- Title Page
- Contributors
- Supporting Owners, Directors, and Associations to include:
- State Directors
- State Venue Operators
- Health Associations
- The Research
- Youth Sports Statistics
- Temperatures
- Masks
- Social Distancing Measures
- Capacity
- The Plan
- Facility Management
- Employees/Staff
- Event Administration
- Systems Administration & Contact Tracing
- Event Athletes, Coaches, Players, Referees, and Scorekeepers
- Practice Administration
- Spectators
- Addenda
- Suggested Approval plan
- Blaze Reopening Plan and Communication
- Enspire365, LLC’s Contact Tracing, Assessment, and Waiver
- TFN’s Run 4 Roses Classic Courts
- Resources
- Create Survey for Directors Group using Google Form
- Upload docs and verbiage to this website page
- Video Recording of Meetings
- Major Notes and Comments from May 6th and May 8th
- Blaze Survey
- Blaze Survey Results
- Tools / Materials to share with your families/clients
- Create Next Zoom Meeting Date/Time/Link
- Email update to Wisconsin Sports & Fitness Coalition
